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[BL] pdf reader security update

From: sindi keesan <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org>
To: baslinux AT lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: [BL] pdf reader security update
Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2006 16:08:46 +0000 (UTC)

Apparently there is a PDF security hole involving malicious PDF files with hyperlinks, not that I have ever encountered any, but xpdf (5.7MB download of binary that works with glibc 2.2) has a recent version out with a patch for this, 3.01p12. Feb 8, 2006

Someone just steered me to Foxit (updated Feb 13, 2006), which offers a free-for-linux PDF reader that is a 3MB download and is tested working with Fedora 4 and Suse 10 (and also a 1MB Windows version). Would someone with broadband like to download it and report back on the dependencies?

The instructions are to 'just double click' on foxit so I suspect they might require GNOME or KDE.

I did not see mention of a security fix for ghostscript.

keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org
SDF Public Access UNIX System - http://sdf.lonestar.org

[BL] pdf reader security update, sindi keesan, 04/07/2006
- Re: [BL] pdf reader security update, Ron Clarke, 04/07/2006
  - Re: [BL] pdf reader security update, sindi keesan, 04/07/2006
    - Re: [BL] pdf reader security update, Ron Clarke, 04/09/2006
      - Re: [BL] pdf reader security update, sindi keesan, 04/09/2006
        
        Re: [BL] pdf reader security update, Ron Clarke, 04/10/2006
        
        Re: [BL] pdf reader security update, sindi keesan, 04/10/2006